Up Until Now: A Warrior Cat FanFic

Chapter Three*

Eaglepaw POV

The entire Clan was hectic about Redhawk dying, and I was trying to figure out what exactly had happened. I had walked into camp shortly before the cats came back from gathering herbs with Willowfur. I hadn't been invited to the meeting that Hardstar had conducted. When I saw Thistlepaw and Ivypaw return back with Dafttail, Featherfern, and Lionfur, I padded over to them, hoping they knew what was going on.

Ivypaw ran past me before I could make it over to the group of apprentices. I wasn't sure what her problem was, until I remembered Redhawk had been her father. She must've heard, and become upset. That meant perhaps the apprentices knew what happened! 

Just then, Willowfur called to me, "Eaglepaw! I need your help to check out the injuries?"

Injuries? 

"What are you talking about?" I asked my mentor curiously.

His green eyes were gentle when he mewed, "The injuries from when Redhawk died. How else do you assume we lost him?"

Just then, we were interrupted by Hardstar calling out, "All cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Highrock for a Clan meeting!" 

Willowfur flicked his white tail on me, and mewed, "C'mon. We should see what Hardstar is going to say. Afterwards, we have to check the rest of the Clan for injuries, okay?" His green eyes stared at me for a while, and I wondered what he was thinking of. 

I nodded my head, and we both padded towards the front of the crowd, near the Highrock. Hardstar was sitting on top, his green eyes were full of grief for his lost deputy. I wished I knew the words to comfort him, but I didn't know what to say. Instead, I took to watch the other cats as they came near.

When the oldest warrior in the Clan, Bumbleheart, walked next to me and Willowfur, I noticed he was limping. I leaned over to Willowfur, and murmured, "Was Bumbleheart part of Redhawk's patrol?"

He nodded his head, and then turned his head back to Hardstar, who had gotten up from sitting and was standing. His green eyes were now full of determination. 

"I'm sure by now that everyone has heard of the death of Redhawk," he mewed, and I heard a tiny crack in his voice. I knew that the whole Clan would be in mourning for Redhawk. "However, I believe you do not know how he died. Bumbleheart, Rainfur, and Lilyfur have informed me that he died in a battle with a fox. They managed to scare the fox away, but Redhawk had been seriously injured, and died a Warriors death. He will be forever honored by StarClan, and by ThunderClan for he also saved Owlpaw's life!" 

Just then, a black tom by the name of Crowpelt called out, "Who's going to be the new deputy now?" Hardstar fixed him with a long stare, before finally replying, "I was getting to that Crowpelt." He turned to the rest of the Clan, and he then mewed, "I say these words before StarClan, so that the spirit of Redhawk may hear and approve of my choice. The new deputy of ThunderClan is Lionfur!" 

"Lionfur! Lionfur!" the Clan cheered. Hardstar seemed to wait while the Clan cheered for a couple more moments, and then he swished his tail for silence. 

He continued on as though there had been no pause while letting the Clan chant the new deputy's name. "Now, because Redhawk's death has left an apprentice without a mentor, I now announce that Thornpaw's new mentor shall also be Lionfur!" 

Thornpaw is going to still have the deputy as his mentor! I thought. I knew my brother would like that. I looked around to see if I could spot him, and I saw his black pelt in the back, near Thistlepaw and Sunpaw. If only I could be back by them, but I had chose to become a medicine cat. I had to accept that me and my littermates couldn't spend so much time together anymore. And anyways, I enjoyed being a medicine cat apprentice. It was great! I was learning so much now. I knew some day I would end up being a great medicine cat, and it would be thanks to my great mentor, Willowfur. 

"C'mon," Willowfur mewed gently. "Let's check the rest of the patrol who fought off the fox for injuries." 

I nodded my head to him, proud that I had chosen to be a medicine cat. And anyways, if Thornpaw really did become leader one day, we would be close to each other as well. Medicine cats were always close to the leader.

Edited as of 4/19/2015

A/N: For all you who have just started reading this, the next couple of chapters won't make too much sense because they revolve around something I decided to opt out and I haven't had a chance to edit the next couple of chapters although I AM working on it. Basically, I got rid of the part where Eaglepaw got captured by twolegs because overall it did nothing to the plot and was small and silly and stupid.